
Birthday
1902/03/09
Day of death
1978/04/22 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Frankfort, Indiana, USA
Also know as
High Ghere, William Aughe Ghere, Уилл Гир
Will Geer (March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor and social activist. His original name was William Aughe Ghere. He is remembered for his portrayal of Grandpa Zebulon Tyler Walton in the 1970s TV series, The Waltons. Geer made his Broadway debut as Pistol in a 1928 production of Much Ado About Nothing, created the role of Mr. Mister in Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, played Candy in John Steinbeck's theatrical adaptation of his novella Of Mice and Men, and appeared in ...Read more

(1966) Seconds
as Old Man

(1954) Salt of the Earth
as Sheriff

(1972) Jeremiah Johnson
as Bear Claw

(1951) The Tall Target
as Homer Crowley

(1973) Executive Action
as Ferguson

(1950) Convicted
as Convict Mapes

(1948) Deep Waters
as Nick Driver

(1950) Winchester '73
as Wyatt Earp

(1972) Napoleon and Samantha
as Grandpa

(1950) Broken Arrow
as Ben Slade

(1949) Johnny Allegro
as Schultzy

(1950) The Kid from Texas
as O'Fallon

(1962) Advise & Consent
as Senate Minority Leader

(1967) In Cold Blood
as Prosecutor

(1935) Becky Sharp
as Spectator (uncredited)

(1934) Wild Gold
as Poker Player (uncredited)

(1968) Certain Honorable Men
as Malcolm Stoddard

(1968) Of Mice and Men
as Candy

(1949) Intruder in the Dust
as Sheriff Hampton

(1950) It's a Small World
as William Musk - Father

(1951) Double Crossbones
as Tom Botts

(1949) Lust for Gold
as Deputy Ray Covin

(1970) Pieces of Dreams
as The Bishop

(1950) Comanche Territory
as Dan'l Seeger

(1974) The Hanged Man
as Nameless
(1979) The Man Who Loved Bears
as Narrator

(1971) Brother John
as Doc Thomas

(1951) Bright Victory
as Mr. Nevins

(1973) Savage
as Joel Ryker

(1972) Dear Dead Delilah
as Roy Jurroe

(1950) To Please a Lady
as Jack Mackay

(1978) Rip Van Winkle
as Narrator (voice)

(1974) Hurricane
as Dr. McCutcheon

(1949) Anna Lucasta
as Noah

(1973) Isn't It Shocking?
as Lemuel Lovell
(1940) The Fight for Life
as Ballou

(1968) Bandolero!
as Pop Chaney

(1978) The Mafu Cage
as Zom

(1976) Moving Violation
as Rockfield

(1977) The Billion Dollar Hobo
as Choo-Choo Trayne

(1934) Spitfire
as West Fry

(1939) Union Pacific
as Foreman (uncredited)

(1940) Men and Dust
as Narrator (voice)

(1972) Scarecrow
as Justice Gilead Merton

(2017) In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s
as Self

(1973) Brock's Last Case
as J. Smiley Krenshaw

(1964) Black Like Me
as Truckdriver

(1951) The Barefoot Mailman
as Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster

(1972) The Rowdyman
as Stan

(1973) Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Len McNeil

(1932) The Misleading Lady
as McMahon - Asylum Guard
(1974) Silence
as Crazy Jack

(1970) The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Mike Patterson

(1970) The Moonshine War
as Mr. Baylor

(1975) The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
as Dr. Simpson

(1978) Unknown Powers
as Host

(1967) The Crucible
as Giles Corey

(1976) The Blue Bird
as Grandfather

(1974) Memory of Us
as Motel Manager

(1977) Bunco
as ---

(2019) Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
as Narrator

(1987) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)

(1971) Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Simon Anderson

(1969) The Reivers
as Boss

(2019) Will Geer: America's Grandpa
as ---

(1976) Law and Order
as Pat Crowley

(1981) The New Deal for Artists
as Self

(1974) Honky Tonk
as Judge Cotton

(1967) The President's Analyst
as Dr. Lee-Evan

(1975) The Night That Panicked America
as Reverend Davis

(1956) Mobs, Inc.
as Harry Robinson

(1973) A Gift of Terror
as Ben

(1940) Tall Tales
as Self

(2005) Mysterious Miracles: World Beyond Death
as Host

(1935) The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Village Lamplighter (uncredited)

(1967) Garrison's Gorillas
as ---

(1972) Kung Fu
as Judge Emmitt Marcus

(1977) The Love Boat
as Franklyn Bootherstone

(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Professor Harold Lochner

(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as Seth

(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Kane

(1969) Medical Center
as ---

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Slocum

(1964) Bewitched
as ---

(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Doc

(1977) Eight Is Enough
as ---

(1972) The Waltons
as Grandfather Walton

(1965) Run for Your Life
as Judge David P. Andrews

(1964) Daniel Boone
as Adam Jarrett

(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---

(1951) Racket Squad
as ---

(1974) Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self

(1971) Columbo
as Edmund Hidemann

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer

(1959) Bonanza
as Zach Randolph

(1968) Mayberry R.F.D.
as Captain Charles Wolford

(1969) The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Harry I. Madison

(1974) The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as ---

(1978) A Woman Called Moses
as Thomas Garrett

(1959) Bonanza
as Ferris Callahan

(1965) The Trials of O'Brien
as Judge Lindemann

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Commodore Atwater

(1973) Doc Elliot
as Paul Bartlett

(1967) The Invaders
as Hank Willis

(1974) Dinah!
as Self

(1959) Bonanza
as Calvin Butler

(1970) The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Senator Homer Bryant Wydell

(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

(1969) Then Came Bronson
as Oliver Hidemann

(1964) Bewitched
as George Washington